July 2010
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South Africa: Teachers' Strike Looms →
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“With the government opting out, Save the Children estimates that parents are...”
– Reuters AlertNet - DRC: Where schools have flapping plastic walls
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“Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have come under renewed pressure to bulletproof up...”
– http://www.ei-ie.org/healthandsafety/en/newsshow.php?id=1324&theme=healthandsafety&country=brazil
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Haiti: Education for All
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Education International releases global study on...
•Access to ECE services remains lower in developing countries, particularly for the 0-3 year age group, poor and rural children, children with special needs and other vulnerable groups. •There is a general shortage of professionally trained and qualified ECE staff in many countries. via ei-ie.org Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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Rwanda: Ministry of Education Shifts Focus to...
Kigali — The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has turned its focus to teacher quality assurance to improve the quality of education.
This was declared yesterday at the opening of a two-day summit on teacher education, management and professionalisation.
According to the Minister of Education, Dr. Charles Muligande, the quality of education in the country cannot be attained if the teachers who...
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Education Action - The May 2010 Issue
actionaid.org – The magazine brings news of innovative education work by ActionAid and other like minded organizations. This issue contains articles on the recent UN conference on adult education (CONFINTEA VI), on work to promote girls’ empowerment and stop violence against girls in schools, on the work of the GCE and the 1GOAL campaign to get all children into school, as well...
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Young pupil’s plea for children’s education
Sunday’s summit was called by South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, as part of a campaign involving FIFA, football’s governing body, to push Africa’s education crisis up the international agenda. via UNGEI.ORG Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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'Second-chance' examination for schoolchildren...
SOUTH DARFUR, Sudan, 14 July 2010 – UNICEF and the Ministry of Education in the South Darfur region of Sudan have witnessed the successful completion of a key goal: providing a ‘second-chance examination’ for eighth-grade students affected by conflict in the locality of East Jabel Marra. Due to recent fighting, the children had lost the opportunity to take the exam that would guarantee...
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Iraqi schools, once renowned, still reeling from...
Years of exposure to violence and fear have taken a toll. “For Iraqi boys, what’s the point of [getting a degree] when your life is threatened?” asks the teacher. “This is so much more of an influence. So we really can’t talk about ideals because this is the fabric – this is the raw material that is to be used for education. via csmonitor.com Posted via...
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Canadian teachers pay out of pocket for classroom...
A survey carried out by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has discovered that in the 2008-09 school year each Canadian teacher paid out from their own pocket an average of $453 for essential classroom materials or class-related activities. via ei-ie.org Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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Child-friendly spaces for learning and playing...
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 13 July 2010 – After weeks of violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, Osh is beginning to witness tiny signs of a return to normal life: The streets are filling up with people and cars. Some rush to the market to buy food, others go to visit their relatives and share their blankets and clothes with those who lost everything. But there is one vital element missing: the children....
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Kenya: Teacher shortage to be recognised a...
the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT), urged “the government to declare the shortage of teachers a national disaster,” reported the national newspaper Daily Nation. There is a national shortage of 66,000 teachers. via ei-ie.org Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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BBC News - Incompetent teachers 'being recycled'...
Only 18 UK teachers have been struck off for incompetence in the past 40 years, the BBC’s Panorama has learned. Bristol University’s Simon Burgess This is despite estimates that up to 17,000 teachers are not up to the job. Some bad teachers are moved between schools, rather than having their competency challenged, it has emerged. Teaching unions dispute the...
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Rwanda: University Students to Get Laptops On Loan
Kigali — In a bid to solve the problem of inadequate computers in most universities in the country, the Ministry of Education is considering providing laptops to students in public institutions of higher learning on loan. The move was revealed yesterday by Education Minister, Dr. Charles Murigande, during a press conference on social cluster development in the country in the last seven years. ...
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IRIN Africa | SENEGAL: Out of school, into...
DAKAR, 5 July 2010 (IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Rama* in Senegal’s Sédhiou region is still in school instead of wedded to a man in his 40s, after community members convinced her father to abandon the family’s plan to give her away. But in most cases family or social pressure to marry off young girls still wins out in many regions of the country, researchers and educators say.via irinnews.org ...
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Thousands missing out on education in Gaza
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In historic move, UN creates single entity to...
2 July 2010 – In a bid to accelerate the empowerment of women, the General Assembly today voted unanimously to create a dynamic new entity merging four United Nations offices focusing on gender equality, a move hailed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials. “The newest member of the UN family has been born today,” Mr. Ban told the Assembly after it passed the resolution...
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In post-earthquake Haiti, children’s voices are...
I want to have my school back, but one that is safer and won’t collapse if there is another earthquake,” she says. “Too many children died, and children are not supposed to die. via educationandtransition.org Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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Georgian Teachers Fear Massive Layoffs
TBILISI — Georgian teachers and their unions worry that thousands of teachers might lose their jobs before the start of the school year … The Education Ministry has decided that starting in the 2010-2011 school year, all teachers must teach 18 hours of classes per week. Those with less will be laid off unless the school’s director can prove to the ministry that the teacher is...
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UN agency calls for more support for its school...
Nancy Walters, the chief of school feeding policy at WFP, told a New York forum on hunger that the programmes have many benefits beyond the immediate goal of ensuring children do not go hungry. They help children stay in class, reduce levels of diseases and other health problems, empower girls, lift education standards and free many youngsters from having to work. via reliefweb.int ...
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Education Insights: Making education inclusive for...
According to UNESCO, inclusion “…involves changes and modifications in content, approaches, structures and strategies, with a common vision which covers all children of the appropriate age range and a conviction that it is the responsibility of the regular system to educate all children.” via reliefweb.int Posted via email from Teachers. Classrooms. Worldwide | Comment »
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Online Teacher is “Educator of the Year”
Sarah Weston is the first online teacher in Utah to receive an Educator of the Year award. She teaches math courses at the Open High School of Utah, a full-service online high school, where she also develops and creates dynamic, engaging courses online. Because the curriculum is housed and delivered on the computer, the majority of Sarah’s time is spent providing one-on-one tutoring for each...
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SOMALIA: School clubs help Somaliland children...
In the past, if a child misbehaved in class, teachers would punish them with detention, canning or suspension, which led to many children dropping out of school. “Previously, children would drop out of school without anyone understanding why, but with the introduction of the clubs and the training of teachers as counsellors, these cases have also reduced because teachers now know how to...
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Giving education a sporting chance « World...
The 1Goal campaign – a global partnership between the world soccer federation Fifa and civil society organisations across the world – has helped to focus attention on this crisis in education. On July 11, the campaign will culminate in a special education summit in Cape Town, hosted by President Jacob Zuma. The aim: to get the 72-million primary-school-age kids currently denied an education into...
